Premier Campbell Newman says controversial Redcliffe MP Scott Driscoll should not miss a state planning summit in Mackay in north Queensland tomorrow.

Several hundred citizen representatives and almost all of the 89 Queensland MPs will brainstorm ideas for a 30-year plan for the state.

Mr Driscoll, a former Liberal National Party MP turned independent, is defending allegations of fraud and misconduct.

He has issued a statement saying poor health will prevent him from attending the summit on shaping Queensland's future.

However Mr Newman says Mr Driscoll has an obligation to show up.

"I would certainly urge him to be there because that's his job - that's what he was elected to do," he said.

"He may not be a member of the LNP or the Government now, but he still has an obligation to turn up to Parliament, to participate in the summit - as do all our MPs."

Meanwhile, Mr Newman says he is looking forward to "leaving politics behind" when MPs descend on Mackay for the summit.

He says the so-called Queensland Plan should set the policy agenda for years to come.

"I can't bind any future government, but I guess the point is if we do this the right way - if it is truly grassroots, rather than what a particular political party - in this case my political party - thinks, then I think it will transcend and be above any future changes of government," Mr Newman says.